Comments on: MRT Blog http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/03/22/mrt-blog/ The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kerim http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/03/22/mrt-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3573 Kerim Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:30:02 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2413#comment-3573 Joe, Amazing list. Thanks! Ted, Yes, it was the tea shop near Ta Da! Joe,

Amazing list. Thanks!

Ted,

Yes, it was the tea shop near Ta Da!

]]> By: Ted Schurman http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/03/22/mrt-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3572 Ted Schurman Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:32:52 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2413#comment-3572 Great minds think alike. I have to admit, I tried going to that exact same website (pearlmilktea.com.tw) when I was in Taiwan. I think it was on the signage of a bubble tea stand near Tai Da. Great minds think alike. I have to admit, I tried going to that exact same website (pearlmilktea.com.tw) when I was in Taiwan. I think it was on the signage of a bubble tea stand near Tai Da.

]]> By: Rojo - AsiaPundit http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/03/22/mrt-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 Rojo - AsiaPundit Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:16:14 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2413#comment-3571 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Although he has harbored high hopes for citizen journalism and punditry, AsiaPundit is joining the multitude of voices who are saying that the blogging phenomena is dead. Now that the term has been seized upon by Taiwan property developers, it is essential to find a new name for the medium. Technorati Tags: asia, northeast asia, east asia, taiwan [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Although he has harbored high hopes for citizen journalism and punditry, AsiaPundit is joining the multitude of voices who are saying that the blogging phenomena is dead. Now that the term has been seized upon by Taiwan property developers, it is essential to find a new name for the medium. Technorati Tags: asia, northeast asia, east asia, taiwan [...]

]]> By: Joe Wiz http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/03/22/mrt-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3569 Joe Wiz Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:16:19 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2413#comment-3569 I completely agree with you about how these convey a sense of cosmopolitan modernity. Your mention of the scooter mottos reminded me that I kept a notebook with these mottos during my visit to Taiwan in 2001. Why not share it with the world? Here's the full list of what I saw ('sic' applies to all): <blockquote><code>Dream 100: All I Have Giving You the Best Function Jog 50: Friendliest Scooter on Earth Dio 5P: The Best Sensation Jog: Is Fascinating to You Cabin: With Fashionable Feeling Cabin 90: The Sparkling Scooter Fuzzy 125: Urban Trend San Yang 125: Giving You the Best Function & Sensation All I Have Yup 90: Just For You & Me Duke 125-SP: The Best Racer You Are From Now On Fuzzy FR 125: The Scooter of Wind Called Freeway 125: specializing in noble model street bike for noble life… Dio: Fast and First and Best: Driving You the Best Function & Sensation All I Have Dio SP: Shuttle in the City Jengle, the New, Speedy Snail Clan Suke 1255P: The Modern Scooter Citizen Sapia 50: My Perfect Partner Fever: You Got to Feel the Happiness of Riding Freeway 125D: 1993 is the International Year of Kimco MAN/boy 50: Enjoy Yourself Sanyang Difa: New Urbane Rider Kymco: The Epochal Scooter, Heroism Jet 50: For New Century Sapia RS: Sporty Elegance Freeway 125: Get Away From it All, Get Away With it All Hondai: HO MEE! Super Sports Sutomobil Heroism 125, Powerful Scooter: The International Scooter from Kymco Charming 100 Super Edition Up 100: It’s New. It’s Only. It’s Now. CT505: For Your Nice Scene Attile 125 SR: For New Generation Zap 50: More Freedom from KYMCO, More Fun from Zap Yamaha: Aerodynamics Zone, Special Edition Movies: The Space of Character Kuanmei: Enjoy the Lovely Satisfaction on the Road MAN BOY 90: Close to Nature Honda SS90: Feel Big Y.E.S.S.: Yamaha Enjoy Sports System Yamaha Sparkling Scooter: Enjoy the Lovely Satisfaction of the Road Boat 90: Make a Boat, Be Your Dream Sniper 50: We Reach for the Sky, Neither Does Civilization Sniper 50: Just for Wind Cutting Yamaha 135: Elementalism Rudy FX 125: The World Hi Tech Scooter For You Cabin 2: Welcome to Cabin 2 Scooter, It’s A Scooter With European Styling and Dynamic Movements Freeway 125C: Let the Good Time Roll By Yamaha RZX: For Your Simple & Tasty Life Refined 50: The Experience Your Seek Honda Movie: New Concept By My Own Freeway 125: Enjoy the Riding of Comfort Lifa 125: The More You Look, The More You Like Joy: The Scooter that Brings Style to Life Winner: Status. Stylish. Sporty Taking 50: The Best Function and Good Sensation </code></blockquote> I completely agree with you about how these convey a sense of cosmopolitan modernity. Your mention of the scooter mottos reminded me that I kept a notebook with these mottos during my visit to Taiwan in 2001. Why not share it with the world? Here’s the full list of what I saw (‘sic’ applies to all):

Dream 100: All I Have Giving You the Best Function

Jog 50: Friendliest Scooter on Earth

Dio 5P: The Best Sensation

Jog: Is Fascinating to You

Cabin: With Fashionable Feeling

Cabin 90: The Sparkling Scooter

Fuzzy 125: Urban Trend

San Yang 125: Giving You the Best Function & Sensation All I Have

Yup 90: Just For You & Me

Duke 125-SP: The Best Racer You Are From Now On

Fuzzy FR 125: The Scooter of Wind Called

Freeway 125:

specializing in noble

model street bike for

noble life…

Dio: Fast and First and Best: Driving You the Best Function & Sensation All I Have

Dio SP: Shuttle in the City Jengle, the New, Speedy Snail Clan

Suke 1255P: The Modern Scooter Citizen

Sapia 50: My Perfect Partner

Fever: You Got to Feel the Happiness of Riding

Freeway 125D: 1993 is the International Year of Kimco

MAN/boy 50: Enjoy Yourself

Sanyang Difa: New Urbane Rider

Kymco: The Epochal Scooter, Heroism

Jet 50: For New Century

Sapia RS: Sporty Elegance

Freeway 125: Get Away From it All, Get Away With it All

Hondai: HO MEE! Super Sports Sutomobil

Heroism 125, Powerful Scooter: The International Scooter from Kymco

Charming 100 Super Edition

Up 100: It’s New. It’s Only. It’s Now.

CT505: For Your Nice Scene

Attile 125 SR: For New Generation

Zap 50: More Freedom from KYMCO, More Fun from Zap

Yamaha: Aerodynamics Zone, Special Edition

Movies: The Space of Character

Kuanmei: Enjoy the Lovely Satisfaction on the Road

MAN BOY 90: Close to Nature

Honda SS90: Feel Big

Y.E.S.S.: Yamaha Enjoy Sports System

Yamaha Sparkling Scooter: Enjoy the Lovely Satisfaction of the Road

Boat 90: Make a Boat, Be Your Dream

Sniper 50: We Reach for the Sky, Neither Does Civilization

Sniper 50: Just for Wind Cutting

Yamaha 135: Elementalism

Rudy FX 125: The World Hi Tech Scooter For You

Cabin 2: Welcome to Cabin 2 Scooter, It’s A Scooter With European Styling and Dynamic Movements

Freeway 125C: Let the Good Time Roll By

Yamaha RZX: For Your Simple & Tasty Life

Refined 50: The Experience Your Seek

Honda Movie: New Concept By My Own

Freeway 125: Enjoy the Riding of Comfort

Lifa 125: The More You Look, The More You Like

Joy: The Scooter that Brings Style to Life

Winner: Status. Stylish. Sporty

Taking 50: The Best Function and Good Sensation

]]> By: AsiaPundit http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/03/22/mrt-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3570 AsiaPundit Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2413#comment-3570 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Although he has harbored high hopes for citizen journalism and punditry, AsiaPundit is joining the multitude of voices who are saying that the blogging phenomena is dead. Now that the term has been seized upon by Taiwan property developers,it is essential to find a new name for the medium<!--%kramer-post%--> Although he has harbored high hopes for citizen journalism and punditry, AsiaPundit is joining the multitude of voices who are saying that the blogging phenomena is dead. Now that the term has been seized upon by Taiwan property developers,it is essential to find a new name for the medium

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